O'Neal: "I never worry about the problem. I worry about the solution."

O'Neal: "Everything happens for a reason. I'm used to it, I prepare for it. Like I say, at the end of the day, those in charge of their own destiny are going to do what's right for them and their family."

O'Neal: "We want to win. We want to win big. We want to win the whole thing."

O'Neal: "We're just going to come out and play. We know that we're supposed to win all the games, but if we don't, we just have to take the next game and focus on what we did wrong in the game before and just try to do better at the next game."

O'Neal: "Our offense is like the pythagorean theorem: There is no answer!"

O'Neal: "I'm on a mission. And I know the older I get, I may lose a step or two, but it's all up in the medulla oblongata. I've got a lot up there. I've got a lot of knowledge... in this medulla oblongata."

O'Neal: "I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok."

O'Neal: "I love race car drivers, I love gymnastics, I love UFC, I love police officers, I love firefighters. I just try to give them the same enjoyment they give me."

O'Neal: "If I were a painter, you'd be calling me Shaqcasso."

O'Neal: "I want to be known as 'The Big Shakespeare.' It was Shakespeare that said, 'Some men are born great, some achieve greatness, some have greatness thrust upon them.'"

O'Neal: "I'm like tax. You're going to pay one way or the other."